Investing.com – Israel equities were higher at the close on Thursday, as gains in the Real Estate, Banking and Financials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Tel Aviv, the TA 25 rose 1.53%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the TA 25 were Gazit Globe (TA:GZT), which rose 4.04% or 143 points to trade at 3679 at the close. Mizrahi Tefahot (TA:MZTF) added 3.50% or 165 points to end at 4875 and Delek Group (TA:DLEKG) was up 3.29% or 2400 points to 75420 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Bezeq (TA:BEZQ), which added 0.26% or 1.9 points to trade at 719.9 in late trade. Nice Ltd (TA:NICE) added 0.28% or 70 points to end at 25000 and Paz Oil (TA:PZOL) gained 0.54% or 320 points to 59260.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 277 to 95 and 75 ended unchanged on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for November delivery was up 1.94% or 0.88 to $46.22 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in November rose 1.37% or 0.64 to hit $47.47 a barrel, while the December Gold contract rose 0.73% or 9.75 to trade at $1341.15 a troy ounce.
USD/ILS was down 0.23% to 3.7598, while EUR/ILS rose 0.28% to 4.2269.
The US Dollar Index was down 0.38% at 95.10.